Everything and Anything

 This song says everything for me, I found it on sing365.com and felt I should share it with you.  Let me know what you think, it’s “American Soldier” by Toby Keith.  Enjoy.

American Soldier Lyrics
Artist(Band):Toby Keith

I’m just trying to be a father
raise a daughter and a son
be a lover to their mother
everything to everyone

Up and at em bright and early
I’m all business in my suit
yea I’m dressed up for success from my
head down to my boots

I don’t do it for the money
there are bills that I can’t pay
I don’t do it for the glory
I just do it anyways

Providing for our futures
my responsibility yea I’m real
good under pressure being all that I can be
I can’t call in sick on Monday
when the weekend’s been to strong
I just work straight through the holidays
sometimes all night long

you can bet that stand ready when the wolf
growls at the door
hey I’m solid hey I’m steady
hey I’m true down to the core

and I will always do my duty
no matter what the price
I’ve counted up the cost
I know the sacrifice
oh and I don’t wanna die for you
but if dying asked of me I’ll bear that cross with honor
cause freedom don’t come free

I’m an American soldier
an American
beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly
take my stand
when liberty’s in jeopardy
I’ll always do what’s right
I’m out here on the front line sleep in peace at night
I’m an American soldier
I’m an American……soldier

I’m an American soldier
an American
beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly
take my stand
when liberty’s in jeopardy
I’ll always do what’s right
I’m out here on the front lines sleep in peace at night
I’m an American soldier
I’m an American an American………American ……….soldier

Wednesday January 3rd, 2007

From A Fan’s Perspective

By:  Kevin Gillman

What’s up everyone, I left you a very brief note on my first blog of the year that I am back and doing what I truly love and that is writing.  It’s mostly going to be about sports and wrestling or as some companies like to call themselves “Sports Entertainment”.  I also write wrestling columns from time to time and I will continue to post them on here as well, so here it goes. 

About two months ago WWE attemtped some publicity by bringing in “K-Fed” Kevin Federline to start a feud with WWE’s own John Cena.  He is the WWE Champion, “The Man” as they want you to believe.  One thing he is would be the man WWE has the most confidence in now holding that title and thus representing the company and he does it well.  He started this feud by “F-Uing” K-Fed, which was a modified slam.  It made news as all entertainment outlets showed the clip and boasted John of doing something that I think alot of us wanted to do and that is slamming K-Fed.  There you have it, publicity.  Some recognition since Federline had just lauched his own rap CD so it’s all over with correct?  Wrong.  Federline appeared at a WWE PPV called “Taboo Tuesday” where we could see the feud was going to continue.  During John’s match which was titled “Champion of champion” matches between John, Booker T, and Big Show, all champions in their various branches.  Kevin came out and cost John the match as he lost to Booker T and that again recieved some press footage.  Then the unthinkable happens the next night (Which oddly enough was the very same night Britney Spears filed divorce to Kevin).  Kevin challeneged Cena to a one on one match on January 1st edition of “Monday Night Raw”.  Cena shortly accepted and the buildup was on.  The press and publicity was actually very good, so good in fact I told my girlfriend about the match and we watched the show together.  The more I told her about it the more excited I was about the match just to see how they would script the match.  Now when I think of celeberties being used in wrestling or more specifically wrestling on a show I think of three examples.  One would be the late Andy Kauffman, the man was a genius with what he did in Memphis Wrestling in the early 80′s.  He worked with Jerry “The King” Lawler and really helped put wrestling on the map in Memphis in the early 80′s.  Another guy you can think about is Mr. T and the imapct he helped pave for Wrestlemania in general for WWF.  Was part of the first main event as he tagged with Hulk Hogan to take on ”Rowdy” Roddy Piper and “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorf.  One more person I think about is Dennis “The Worm” Rodman.  He tagged with Hulk Hogan in WCW in 1997 and 1998.   All three of those incidents were successful in terms of publicity and in terms of quality.  Would this rank right up there?  You be the judge.

I turned on Raw with my girlfriend and the very first thing we see is Jim Ross announcing that the opening match would be Federline Vs Cena.  Immedately I knew something wasn’t right about this.  Cena came out, then followed by Kevin Federline.  Now I want to make this perfectly clear before I go on, I saw alot of potential in Kevin as a performer, maybe not as a wrestler but he can be a WWE character because he is a natural heel.  People just don’t like him, he can do alot for someone who doesn’t have much mic skills like a Chris Masters and serve as his manager.  I think it can work, but can he wrestle?  It appears that Johnny Nitro helped train him (probably someone else too) because he came out to serve as his manager.  Fedrerline got on the mic and said plans have changed, apperently he talked to acting Raw GM Jonathan Coachman and said the match is now a “No DQ”.  So Kevin comes to the ring and the bell is sound as we are underway.  Federline does some funny things such as getting some UFC gloves on and is ready, then calls a timeout (There is a timeout in wrestling?).  He does this to put on a headgear and puts in a mouthpiece, then calls another timeout to discuss stragedy with Nitro.  Honestly some funny things and it reminded me of the Andy Kauffman matches, mainly due to Jerry Lawler having some input in this match?  We finally had some wrestling and to make a long story short, it really wasn’t a long match.  In fact it lasted less then five minutes when Umaga, the man John Cena is supposed to face at the next PPV “New Year’s Revolution” came out and cost Cena the match with a belt shot to the head and all Federline had to do was cover him for the pin and the win.  Yes, Kevin Federline, a C-List celeberty beat the WWE Champion in the week before a major PPV in which Umaga, an undefeated WWE Wrestler, faces off against the WWE Champion.  John Cena loses and really didn’t look good the entire night because they then changed the main event of the program by adding a 4 on 1 handicap match to which Cena loses again.  Grant it that one was by DQ, but still when you are booked on a PPV against a guy who is supposed to be undefeated I would think they want the champion to stay strong but instead he loses twice in one night.  Oh yeah I guess he got his matter of “revenge” because after the show was over with he got to “F-U” Federline and stood strong.  Whatever that means.

So my wauestion to you is was this a success?  I don’t think it was because you have to wonder what are their plans long term for K-Fed?  As of right now, nothing.  He is done with the committments of the company and he can come back if he wants to but I would think at the very least Cena should have received the win as this was supposed to build his PPV matchup with Umaga and get you guessing as to who is going to win.  And if Cena wins his match this Sunday then what does that say about Umaga?  He lost to a guy that couldn’t even beat K-Fed.  It’s called Booking 101, perhaps Vince Russo was right along when he called the titles a “Prop” back when he was still working for WWF and perhaps I am a bit old school when it comes to that line of thinking because titles are supposed to mean something.  But then again that will be another time on another post down the road.  I just cannot believe the disappointment this match had and really this should have been the final match of the night.  I don’t have a problem with Umaga coming out and helping out Federline because quite frankly that was what I expected but why not have it not work?  Somehow the ref counts slow because he was tending to Johnny Nitro and came to make the count too slowly?  Cena then F-U’s K-Fed for the win and then has a staredown with Umaga after the match to make you anticipate their encounter?  Again Keep It Simple Stupid.  But instead what we get is minimal coverage on the ordeal so the entertainment stations can poke fun at Professional Wrestling yet again.  Tell me your thoughts.  Was it a success?  Was it a failure?  Let me know, email me at DJKevinGillman75@aol.com and let me know, or post here.  Thank you for reading and take care this week.

Monday January 1, 2007 

   Happy New Year everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful and safe holiday season.  I had a better understanding in life this past year and realized you make life the way you want it.  Nobody gets handouts, nobody gets what they deserve or earn.  You just have to grab life by the horns and let it rip so to speak.  I found a new job, I was in radio and not to bore you of any details let’s just say I left for a few reasons and one of them was I didn’t feel appreciated there.  They were going through some changes, and still are for that matter but when it all comes down to it radio is such a hard job to get into and make a good amount of money.  Now I am back in sales where I have a good opportunity of doing well in and already feel more appreciated there then I ever did in the 6 years I was at the former place.  That is all I am going to say on this subject right now because it’s not worth the trouble. 

   But what I am going to do is write more, talk sports in general.  And of course I will also discuss any suggestions you may have either through email or through posting on here.  This is a fun forum to discuss opinions or topics and I am going to try and do my best.  You can email me at DJKevinGillman75@AOL.COM .  Sometime this week I will give you my thoughts on the coming Ohio State-Florida game that will take place on Monday January 8th.  It should be a good game.  Take care.

December 24, 2005

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays guys, it’s been a few days but I have been a little busy going shopping and whatnot.  It’s funny, I alsways tell myself I am going to shop early but I never do.  Instead I wait until the last week like any other guy.  My girlfriend laughs at me because usually she starts up in September or October.  Maybe I should try that?  I thought I would quickly share one of my Christmas moments. 

First off, let me say that I love Christmas, it’s such a wonderful time to spend with your family and loved ones.  But yes I was all about presents when I was a kid.  One year I was staying at my grandparents house as my dad visited for the holidays and I would always go over there.  Like usual I was waiting for Santa to come to my house and drop off gifts and I would wake up very early.  I think I was 7 this particular year so in ’82 I could swear throughout the night I could hear footsteps on the roof as Santa was coming to drop off gifts, so I finally had enough and I went into my Dad’s room and bugged him until he woke up so we can open up presents.  It was 6:00 in the morning…right on the money.  See I knew it was Christmas morning, I just didn’t know how right I was.  I went downstairs and woke up my Grandparents too and they relunctantly humored me and woke up too so we started to open up our gifts.  I remember two things I got that year that were pretty cool to me.  One was a Pac-Man record and record player.  Come on who didn’t love Pac-Man cartoon back in the day?  And a Poloroid camera, man I used to love that thing.  I still have pictures stashed away somewhere and anytime I want to see a picture of my grandpa and grandma, who have since passed away, I do.  I miss them both and Christmas meant so much to them and the rest of my family.  Wherever you are, please spend time with your family tonight and tomorrow because family is very, very important.  If you want to share a holiday moment, please feel free to let me know and I will update more frequently, I promise.  Have a great day and a wonderful New Year.

Kevin

Deecember 15, 2005

Have you ever had one of those days?  You know the one where a bunch of people go to a Christmas party, ask you to go but you can’t cause you have prior committments?  Then as it turned out you should have went?  Yeah I had one of those days tonight.  My work had their Christmas party and really I’m fine I didn’t go but I had my bowling night, and it just wasn’t one of those nights.  Now my average isn’t that good to begin with.  Two years ago it was the highest it ever was at 155.  I was pumped and I thought I’d really get somewhere by throwing a hook.  But last year I went down to a 152 and I was even upset about that.  But the way I am going this year I would be happy with a 152.  I am at 146 and right now I just don’t have any answers.  My biggest problem is I think too much when I go up there and really I need my best friend Greg with me because he was the one who taught me how to throw a hook and he was also the one who told me to settle down when I was thinking too much.  Guess what?  Yup, I was thinking too much tonight, trying way too hard.  The lanes was very dry so I had to adjust my hook and throw it in the spot I used to throw before I threw a 155.  It worked for my second game when I bowled a 160 tonight which was good.  But I also grabbed a 129 and a 135. Not exactly Walter Ray style, who is my favorite pro bowler.  I really wish I would be as calm as he is, even when he is throwing bad, you couldn’t tell by the look on his face.  Oh well, there was some good news…my average stayed the same so maybe I can get them next time?  Maybe it was a good thing I didn’t go to that Christmas party after all?

Hey everyone,

I watch Wrestling so this is for you wrestling fans.  As I said before I write columns off and on and recently  one of my all time favorite wrestlers, Eddie Guerrero passed away and I decided to write a piece on him and just sort of share my views on the man and what I thought about him.  I decided to post this on this site because it means very much to me and there were a couple of people who I sent this to originally had trouble getting it so I thought I’d put this on the forum so they can read it themselves, please by all means let me know what you think about this.  Thank you.  This was originally written on November 19, 2005.  I will aslo share my columns with you on occassion too if you want me to.  Thank you.

Kevin Gillman

 

 

 

                                            

Hello, my name is Kevin Gillman.  This is my first blog so you have to excuse me, I will get better.  I have written a column about wrestling now off and on for about six years, but that’s not all I can write about.  I have wanted to do this for quite some time because sometimes I just think about things out of the blue and I have wanted to write them down so now is my chance.  I’ll discuss anything sports, entertainment, or anything that is going on in my life that I want to point out.  So please feel free to check on this from time to time and anytime you want to drop me a line, you can.  Thank you and enjoy.

Kevin Gillman